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| 1953 | |
| Cold war developments included the successful explosion of a hydrogen bomb by the Soviet Union, the suppression by Soviet forces of major demonstrations in East Berlin, and the end of the Korean War. | 1 |
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| DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD elected secretary general of the United Nations. | 2 |
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| The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was established to unify the major British territories in central Africa and begin the transition to a multiracial, independent political system. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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